Transcript For example some people believe that its name has been derived

Galatsi , our city
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District , 5 kms from the centre of Athens ,
belongs to the urban city area of Athens.
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The versions of the name of municipality of Galatsi
are many :
For example some people believe that its name has
been derived from Simeon Galaci who had large
estates in the area.
Some others claim that the name has been derived
from Kostas Galatis, ex-mayor of Athens.
The majority believes that the name has come
from the area Galatsi in Romania .
Another version says that the name was due to the
fact of the production of dairy products.
The centre of Galatsi
“Galatsi” painted by Spiros Vasiliou
Omorphoclissia
Up to 1860 the municipality of Galatsi was an uninhabited and
rural area that had as a characteristic a small church from the
Byzantine era which is called “Omorphoclissia” . That little
church , known to the older people with the name of Saint
George , is one of the few Byzantine monuments that are saved
today and is marked for its beauty and elegance.
In the middle of 1905 Galatsi started to be inhabited. The first dwellers were occupied with
agriculture. In 1927, its population started to grow , Galatsi became a big village. Its inhabitants
worked in factories, limekilns and quarries at “Tourkovounia” .There were a lot of quarries. The
rocks of this area were used to build modern Athens
Lime-kiln
Beer factory
Reconstruction of Galatsi-Streets are opened
Patission Avenue 1900 , nowadays one
of the busiest avenues
Veikou St 1959-dirt road
Veikou st. nowadays
The main street of the area that connects Galatsi with
the outskirts of Atticα has taken the name of Veikos.
Lambros Veikos was one of the persons that had
played an important role in the area , so as to have
gained a great reputation in Galatsi today. He was a
rich land owner who helped a lot to the development
of the area with his donation. In order to attract
some people in the area he gifted fields grounds to
his friends who exploited them and created a small
town called “Lamprini”.
Evripidou st. 1964
1964,This is a square nowdays
Tourkovounia
Old photo
 Hills of Attica
 Limestone rocks
 Characteristic part of the
history of Galatsi
 During the Ottoman
possession there were camps
of Ottomen (Turks) on the
hills. That's why the area is
called “Tourkovounia”.
 Reforestation nowdays. We can
distinguish the young trees .
Water in Galatsi
The water-source of the church Saint Glykeria, which was one of the most important
churches in the area , supplied the inhabitants with water until the time that
O.U.L.E.N. (one American company) created the first water-tower of Athens in Galatsi.
The Galatsi Water Treatment
Plant was constructed in 1927
The Galatsi Water
Treatment Plant today
The water source of the church Saint Glykeria
“Veikou leisure center”
In favour of Lampros Veikos’s great offer to the community ,it has been created the
“Veikou leisure center” which contains a huge park, playgrounds and athletic center
installations in a protected natural environment.
The map of Galatsi
In the map we can notice :
Galatsi water treatment plant
Galatsi Olympic Hall
Veikou leisure center (Veikou park)
Our school
Tourkovounia
abandoned quarry
Few green areas